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I believe sky changed their wholesale price to 19.50ish, so virgin then charge 25.00!... i mean doesnt need that type of margin, they could of taken a bit of a hit for the sake of customers.

The profit margin is negligible (or negative.) That 19.50ish (£19.41) is only for Sky Sports 1 & 2, you then have to add on the unregulated cost of Sky Sports 3 & 4 plus the additional cost for Sky Sports F1. On top of that you have to add on 20% VAT since the Luxembourg operation is no more plus the additional money held in escrow to cover the difference between the Ofcom price and Sky's rate card pricing. For the sake of the majority of customers they should not take a bit of a hit.

Have they ever said why channels like History HD are not on Virgin? Sky don't have an exclusive do they?

PJ

Yes sky always get there first cause they don't need the hefty carriage fee as cable do cause Satellites are an open frame work other sky companies and Virgin cable is a small fry and is a closed platform

I'm afraid, initially TCM HD (and TCM 2) will just be available to Sky customers, but we hope that Virgin Media customers will also have the channel in the near future. I'll keep you all posted with updates on this. Sorry to disappoint at this time.

The profit margin is negligible (or negative.) That 19.50ish (£19.41) is only for Sky Sports 1 & 2, you then have to add on the unregulated cost of Sky Sports 3 & 4 plus the additional cost for Sky Sports F1. On top of that you have to add on 20% VAT since the Luxembourg operation is no more plus the additional money held in escrow to cover the difference between the Ofcom price and Sky's rate card pricing. For the sake of the majority of customers they should not take a bit of a hit.